Case law

Griggs v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

232 F.3d 917 · Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Dec 1, 2000

In reaching this conclusion, the court noted that a police officer is constrained by both regulations and clearly established policies and stan- dards such that there is no need to be concerned that tort liability for … issue of Officer Hay- mans' entitlement to absolute immunity, we do not reach the issue of any claim that he may have to qualified immunity.

Drimal v. Makol

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · May 15, 2015

 more closely on the claims of qualified  immunity as they relate to each defendant.  … Qualified  immunity  shields  government  officials  “from  liability  for  civil  damages  insofar  as  their  conduct  does  not  violate  clearly  established  statutory  or  constitutional  rights  of  which  a  reasonable

Goodson v. City Of Corpus Christi

202 F.3d 730 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Feb 24, 2000

Qualified Immunity 21 In considering Gaines and Perez's qualified immunity claim, we must remain cognizant of the fact that the "qualified . . . immunity doctrine was established to reconcile two competing interests. … First, we must examine whether the "plaintiff has alleged a violation of a clearly established right." Fontenot v.

Hason v. Medical Board of California

279 F.3d 1167 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Feb 12, 2002

In so holding, the District Court failed to recognize the long-established exception to Eleventh Amendment immunity carved out by Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 , 28 S.Ct. 441 , 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908). … Hason adequately alleges that he is a qualified individual with a disability. See Love v.

Tolbert v. Queens College

164 F.3d 132 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Jan 15, 1999

(Tr. 12.) 42 With respect to the assertion of qualified immunity, the court stated: 43 [T]he reason I am not dismissing on qualified immunity ground is I do think that there are factual issues that could affect any immunity … whether the federal right allegedly infringed was "clearly established,".... 51 Behrens v.

Tammy Watkins v. Officer Lawrence Davis

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Sep 25, 2025

And “a police officer is entitled to qualified immunity if a reasona- ble police officer could have believed his or her actions were lawful in light of clearly established law and the information possessed … As a result, they violated clearly established law.

Amanda Rakes v. Jonathan Roederer

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 26, 2024

Rakes has established a triable state-created danger claim, they are nonetheless entitled to qualified immunity. … To violate clearly established law—the second prong of the qualified immunity analysis—“existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate.”

Amanda Rakes v. Jonathan Roederer

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 25, 2024

Rakes has established a triable state-created danger claim, they are nonetheless entitled to qualified immunity. … To violate clearly established law—the second prong of the qualified immunity analysis—“existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate.”

Kenneth Mann v. Palmerton Area School District

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Sep 21, 2017

In addressing the clearly established prong of the qualified immunity inquiry, we must define the right allegedly violated at the appropriate level of specificity. Sharp v. … Even if support is lacking there, a “robust consensus of cases of persuasive authority in the Court[s] of Appeals could clearly establish a right for purposes of qualified immunity.”

Andrew Carman v. Jeremy Carroll

749 F.3d 192 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · May 15, 2014

Under the qualified immunity doctrine, government 12 officials are shielded from civil liability for conduct that does not violate clearly established constitutional or statutory rights … Qualified immunity is applicable unless [his] conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right.” See id. at 232 (internal citations and quotation marks omitted).

Liebson v. New Mexico Corrections Department

73 F.3d 274 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Jan 2, 1996

." 4 The question presented by this appeal is whether the district court erred in denying qualified immunity to the individual defendants on Ms. … Accordingly, we find White and Wood wholly insufficient to establish that defendants' actions were clearly prohibited. 23 For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the district court denying qualified immunity to defendants

Soorajnine Singh v. Caribbean Airlines Limited

798 F.3d 1355 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Aug 20, 2015

In this appeal, we consider whether CAL qualifies for jury immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1330, in a negligence action by Rovin Singh. … Singh does not object to this last assertion, as the FSIA clearly and unambiguously supports it.

Kayser v. Caspari

16 F.3d 280 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Feb 9, 1994

Caspari and Buescher moved for summary judgement on the basis of qualified immunity. The district court denied this motion concluding that Kayser had alleged a violation of clearly established Eighth Amendment law. … Accordingly, we reverse without reaching the issue of qualified immunity. 2 Section 1983 requires the plaintiff to allege that state actors violated his constitutional rights.

Thomason v. Scan Volunteer Services, Inc.

85 F.3d 1365 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Jun 11, 1996

Moreover, the requirement that the right be clearly established at the time of the alleged violation is particularly formidable. … established right analysis.

Mark Charlton-Perkins v. Univ. of Cincinnati

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Aug 5, 2026

Qualified immunity provides government officials immunity from suits for civil damages when their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights. Pearson v. … Petren and Uetz are entitled to qualified immunity because Charlton-Perkins has not carried his burden of providing caselaw clearly establishing the constitutional right at issue. See Sexton, 18 F.4th at 184.

Graves v. City of Coeur D'Alene

339 F.3d 828 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Aug 1, 2003

Whether a right is “clearly established” for purposes of qualified immunity is an inquiry that “must be undertaken in light of the specific context of the case, not as a broad general proposition.” … clearly established.

Jurasek v. Utah State Hospital

158 F.3d 506 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Oct 14, 1998

Qualified immunity protects government officials “performing discretionary functions . . . from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights … right was clearly established at the time of the controverted conduct.

Terrance Huff v. Michael Reichert

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 10, 2014

Discussion  The  doctrine  of  qualified  immunity  “protects  govern‐ ment officials ‘from liability for civil damages insofar as their  conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or con‐ stitutional  rights …   defendant’s]  qualified  immunity  defense,”  the  facts asserted by the plaintiffs make out a violation of clearly  established  law. 

Stanley Sylvester Harris v. Richard Young, Terrell Don Hutto

718 F.2d 620 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Aug 16, 1983

The District Court granted Hutto’s and Young’s motion for summary judgment, holding that they were entitled to qualified immunity under Procunier v. Navarette, 434 U.S. 555 , 98 S.Ct. 855 , 55 L.Ed.2d 24 (1978). … Most recently in Harlow, supra, the Supreme Court discussed the immunity to be given to public officials, and applying that analysis in this case we agree with the District Court that Hutto did not violate the “clearly established

Glen Harris v. JohnMichael O'Hare

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Nov 24, 2014

 doctrine of qualified immunity, a government official 17 performing discretionary functions is shielded from liability for civil damages if 18 his conduct did not violate clearly established rights or if it would have … ‘clearly established’ at the 16 time of the violation.”